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.STOOK LOADING DEVICE.

N0.'376,896. Patented Jan. 24, 1888.

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\ UNITED STATES PATENT ()Frunr ANDREW-J. MARTIN, on MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA, A DHENRY J. BREESE,

on MAOEDON, NEW YORK.

'STOCKI-LOADING DEVICE. c

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,896 dated January 24, 188g;

Application filed J'u11e3, rear. Serial No. 240, 56. (No model.)

simple device by means of which hogs andother small live stock may be conveniently loaded upon cars having an upper and a lower deck; and to this end it consists in an adjustable gangway constructed'and combined with operating devices, substantially as herein described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a slde elevatlon of our device arranged at the side of a railway and adjustable in position for use with a car, which is shown in end elevation adjacent thereto. Fig. 2 represents a cross-section on the line a x of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings,- A represents a railway-car; B, a stationary gangway inclining upward toward the car and terminating at a suitable distance. therefrom.

0 represents an adjustable section forming a continuation of the gangway, and of proper length to bridge over the space between the car and the stationary section. This movable' section consists of a floor portion having at the ends upright posts 0 and longitudinal side rails, 12. It is'mounted between two stationary side frames, D, these frames consisting of upright posts, 0, connected bysuitable At'one end the adjustable section is supported by rollers or journals a, seated in or upon the side frames, D, and at the opposite end, adjacent to'the car, the movble section is supported by two rack-bars, f, jointed thereto and extending downward past pinions g, with which they are engaged. These pinions are secured upon a cross-shaft, h, seated in stationary boxes on the side frames and provided at one end with an operating handle or lever, i. By turning this handle the adjustable section next to the can may be raised or lowered to the level of the I car.

upper or the lower deck ofthe car, as re quired. Pawls k, or equivalent locking devices, will be employed to maintainthe mov able section in its elevated position; I It willbe observed that the stationary section is provided with side bars or rails, "and that, in connection with the movable section,

'itforms a continuous passage-way on which the stock may ascend to the car, and from which it is impossible for the stock to escape as they are driven forward, except by passing into the The arrangement admits of the section being speedily lowered from the upper to the lower deck, so that the operation of loading the carmay be continued 'withoutinterruption.

We prefer to arrange the operating handle or lever to slide transversely through its head,

after the manner of an ordinary vise-handle,

that there may be no dangerof its projecting in position to encounter the cars. I 1 In order to completely close thespace between the end of the movable section when it is elevated and the cars, we may provide adjustable side boards, E, pivoted at their lower ends, as shown at I. These may be. turned outward and secured by pins 'm, or equivalent devices;

VVhile'we have described and shown rackbars and pinions for elevating one end of the movable. section, it is evident that anyother suitable means for the purpose may be, employed. p A

We are aware that the end or mouth of a cattlechute next to acar-track has been hinged and provided with a counter-Weight, so that it could be turned upward out of its one op;

erative position away from the track, and also that a fixed chute has been provided with two inclined boards hinged toits side in such manner that they could fold inward to form an in clined platform, and to lay no claim. 7 What we do claim isr p -1. In a device for loading live stock, the combination of the stationary inclined gangway, the section forming a continuationthereof, and having one end movable vertically and the other end arranged to move horizontally,

. these constructions we the rack-bars and pinions, and the dogs or' In testimony whereof we herenntoset our 10 looking devices for operating the verticallyhands, this 23d day of May, 1887, in the presmovable end of the said section, substantially ence of two attesting witnesses.

as described.

5 2. The stationary gangway B, in combination with a vertically-movable section, G, provided with side rails, the pivoted sections E, Witnesses: and the adjusting and supporting devices for FRANK B. HICKS,

the section 0, as described and shown. I W. L. HARRIS. 

